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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics)
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
from Penguin Books
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
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The Great Gatsby
Continues to be a classic for high school english teachers. This novel is relevant on so many levels and can be understood by all types of readers.
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Best of the Best
Set in posh New York during the Lost Generation of the roaring 20's, the Great Gatsby tells a story of trust, class, and wanting.
From it we learn that often the desire for something is better than actually having it and that one true friend is infinitely more important than a multitude of acquaintances.
There's always a copy of this in my library. It's an essential must-read from a highly gifted author.
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Shines Brilliantly Like a Just-Discovered Piece of Cameo Jewelry from a Bygone Era
It's difficult to give any even-handed critique F. Scott Fitzgerald's standard-setting Jazz Age novel since it was required reading for most of us in high school. However, if you come back to it as a full-fledged adult, you'll find that the story still resonates but more like a just-polished cameo piece from a forgotten time. At the core of the book is the elaborate infatuation Jay Gatsby has for Daisy Fay Buchanan, a love story portrayed with both a languid pall and a fatalistic urgency. But the broader... more info
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